Texas judge in beating video returns to bench

ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) -- A Texas judge seen viciously beating his then-teenage daughter in a video she posted online last year returned to the bench Wednesday after a yearlong suspension.

William Adams, the top judge in coastal Texas' Aransas County, worked through a normal docket of juvenile cases, divorces and estate settlements on his first day back. He said nothing to address the incident that kept him off the bench for a year, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.

The Texas Supreme Court last week lifted Adams' suspension, during which he collected his $150,000 salary. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued Adams a public warning in September.